Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Sphyraenidae > Sphyraena > Sphyraena acutipinnis

Sphyraena acutipinnis (Cheekflap barracuda; Japanese barracuda; Pointed finned sea pike; Pointedfin barracuda; Sharpfin barracuda; Sharp-fin barracuda)

Synonyms: Indosphyraena africana; Sphyraena africana; Sphyraena natalensis
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Wikipedia Abstract

Sharpfin barracuda (Sphyraena acutipinnis) is a schooling species of barracuda inhabits lagoon, bay and seaward reef that is nocturnally active. Its length is up to 80 cm. The species is found across Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan as well as coastal China.
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Predators

Onychoprion fuscatus (Sooty Tern)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis[2]
Vallisiopsis contorta[2]

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Citations

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♦ 1Comparative foraging ecology and ecological niche of a superabundant tropical seabird: the sooty tern Sterna fuscata in the southwest Indian Ocean, S. Jaquemet, M. Potier, Y. Cherel, J. Kojadinovic, P. Bustamante, P. Richard, T. Catry, J. A. Ramos, M. Le Corre, Mar Biol (2008) 155:505–520
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0